Deschutes Skunk

Deschutes Skunk

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Natural deer hair tied over the body, with a sparse overwing of white bucktail

Don and Lola McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art

Deschutes Special

Deschutes Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool

Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson